Flying-machine with gyroscopic steadying device.



G. KLB.

FLYING MACHINE WITH GYROSCOHC STEADYING DEVICE,

APPLlcATloN msn APR. 28, i913.

l, 175,959. Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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FLYING MACHINE WITH GYROSCPIC STEADYING DEVICE. APPucATmu FILED APR.2S, 1913.

1,175,959. Patented Mur. 21,1916.

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opino Koma, on BERLIN, GERMANY.

FLYING-MACHINE WITH GYROSCOPIC STEADYINQIDEVICE.

T o all 'whom it m ag/ concern Be it known that I, GUIDO IxoLu, a subject ot' the Emperor of Germany, residing at Berlin. Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Flying-Machines with (iiyroscopic Steadying Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in fiying machines with gyroseopic steadying devices and it consists essentially in improvements in the mounting and driving of a gyroscoliic steadying device on the .frame of the liyingapparatus together with improvements in the steering devices of the flying machine which are necessitated by this method of mounting the steadying device.

Many kites are knowiiin which a gyrostat or top mounted either` in the fixed or in the movahly arranged frame is employed as a stcadying device, lint my invention is distinguished from such arrangements by the following characteristic features: The gyrostat is mounted i a perfectly spherical housing or shell, which is to be regarded as the carrier of thei'lying machine frame; the tilting of thc supporting planes in the direct-ion ot flight or the actuation of the elevators, the adjusting oi the supporting planes lo the wind o r the actuation of auxiliarvplancs or the like is effected. by the pilot inclining the frame of the iying machine coricspondingllv to the gyrostat axis of .the spherical housing.1r and through this movenicht actuating the steering devices. The

gvrostat is driven from the shaftof the- [lyingr machine motor. It may be driven direct hy means oi gear wheels, or 1t may be driven hy an electric current which is produced by a small generator driven by the motor and is conducted to the spherical casingr which in this case is constructed as a stator with the g'vrostat as rotor.

The invention is illustrated, in part diagraiuiuatically, in the accompanying drawing. in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section ou the dot-aud-dash line A., B, C, Dof Fig; 2, and Fir'. 2 is a plan view, Figs. B and 4 show details of construction.

4Referring to the drawings, a is the spherical shell in which the gyrostat is mounted. This spherical shell has two peripheral guide grooves b and b at right angles to each other. The frame of the living machine is constructed of tubes: c represents -a portion of the said frame. T he edges of the frame Specification of Letters Patent.

rotate around their axis.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application filed Apr128, 1913. Serial No. 763,969.

forni a skeleton rectangular prism of such dimensions that the spherical gyrostat-shell is housed within saine. In each of the four vertical sides of the frame a worm wheel (Zyd, e, c is mounted as hereinafter described aud in each of these worm wheels a lower and an upper worm engages= the worm wheel d engaging the Worms and f' and the worm wheel c engaging the worms g and g. Each two oppositely arranged worm gears worlt in'tlie same direction. Assuming that the arrow in Fig. 2 indicates the direction of Hight, the gears fl and d with their worms serve for regulating the eleva.- tion, whereas the gears c and e actuate the lateral steering devices. The worm wheels are provided with guide shoes It, t' it which are engaged in the guide grooves Z), b', so that the said worin wheels .cnn be displaced in the said grooves but cannot The 'worms are each mounted in a frame 7i: which is carried by the rods c of the frame and they are actuatedfroin .the shafts Z and m for regulating the elevation and from the shafts u and o for lateral steering. 'The worms are slidable longitudinall.)r upon these shafts but are not rotatable thereon.

The shafts of the worm gearswhich belong to a set are connected with each other by means of chains or the like in such a rmanner that they can he actuated b v the pilot from a single steering shaft, the shafts Z and rm. being shown in the 'drawing connected by the chain 7.1, while the coupling of the upper and lower shafts Vis effected by chains r). T he worms of the worm wheels cl and d are consequently set in motion when the steeringshaft r is rotated but, as the worm wheels cannot rotate around an axis which is vertical to the plane of the wheel on account of the guide shoes, the worms and consequently their carriers I.: and the frame c must rotate around this axis while the guide slices h and h of the other two worm wheels are displaced 1n the guide groove Z). By actuating the steering shaft i the inclination to the horizontal of the supporting planes is consequently changed. In an exactly corresponding manner the actuation of the lateral steering devices is brought about through the worm wheels c and c'. The relative shafts n and 0 are connected with each other by means of of the worms being displaceable upon the 'they are a and an intermediate 'frame tubes c in the direction of the axis of the tube. In correspondence with this displacement the worms will be displaced longitudinally upon their shafts Z, m, n, o. The worm gears nwe such a small pitch that toxnatically locked and any movement of same depends entirely upon the will of the pilot.

The trunsinissioi ci the driving power from the motor of t eilying machine totheA be by means of gear wheels flexible shaft, a chain drive or the like. The arrangement of the gear wheels may however be such that the gyrostat may be special intermediate members. Further, the driving 'of the gyrostat may be effected by means of an electric current -without einploying mechanical intermediate gearing, the current being delivered from any suitable Source, for example a small generator for producing;I any desired kind of current driven from the shaft of the flying machine motor. The gy'rostat with its shell or casing a is in this ease constructed as an electromotor, the gyrostat itself constituting the rotor and the casing the stator of the motor.

`What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isz- 1. In a flying machine the combination gyrostat may with n gyrostat of a spherical housing within which the said gyrostat is mounted and driven without employing which housing is itself rotatably mounted in a frame in the form of a skeleton rectangular prism that forms part of the rigid frame of the machine1 peripheral grooves formed at right angles to each other in the said spherical housing, a worin wheel mounted in each of the four vertical sides of the said rectangular frame on a carriage which is slidable on the said frame, a lateral guide rib formed centrally 0n each offthe said worm wheels and fitting slid-ably in the relative peripheral grooves in the said housing, worms mounted on the frame and engaged with the said worin wheels, and means for actuating the said worms substantially asset forth.

2. In a flying machine, the combination with a gyrostat, of a housingr within which thesaid gyrostat is mounted and which housing is itself rotatably mounted in a frame forming part of the rigid frame of the machine` guiding means arranged opposite eachother in the said housing, a worm wheel mounted in each of the vertical walls of the said frame on a carrier which iss1id able -on the said frame, guiding means formed on each of the said worm wheels and adapted to slide inthe respectivo Aguiding means in the said housing, worms mounted on the frame and engaging with the said worm wheels, and means for actuating the said worms substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed mv nume to this specification in the presence ouf two subscribing witnesses.

GUID() 'KOLRA Witnesses Cnmrans Koma, JACOB W.l SCHMIDT.

' of the worms being displaccable upon the 'iframe tubes c in the direction of the axis of the tube. In correspondence with this displacement the Worms will be displaced longitudinally upon their shafts Z, m, n, o. The worm gears iave such a small pitch that 'they are a tomatically locked and any 1 movement of same depends entirely upon the will of .the pilot. i

Die transmlssioi oii the driving power from the motor of t e'iiying machine to -the gyrostat may be by inea'ns ofgear Wheels 'and an intermediate flexible shaft, a chainv drive or the like. The arrangement of the gear wheels may however he such that the gyros'rat may be driven Without employing special intermediate members. Further, the driving 'of the gyrostat may be effected by means of an electric current -without employing mechanical intermediate gearing, the current being delivered from any snitable source, for example a small generator A for producing any desired kind of current driven from thevsliaft o f the flying machine motor. The gy'f'rostat with its shell or casing n a is in this case constructed as an electro- ,Sorrentina in tieners Patent No. 1,"1759'59 motor, the gyrostat itself constituting the rotor and the easing the stator of the motor. What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z- 1. In a4 flying machine the combination with a gyrostat of a spherical housing within which the said gyr'ostat is mounted. and

the Pif-,ent Olii-ce [seam .Signed and sealed this 18th day of, ApriLA. D., 1916.

which housing is itself rotatably mounted 40 in a frame in the form of a skeleton rectangular prism that forms part of the rigid A frame o the machine, peripheral grooves formed at right angles to each other in the said spherical housing, a worin wheel mounted in each of the four vertical sides of the said rectangular frame on a carriage which is slidable on theysaid frame, a lateral guide rib formed centrally on each ofz'the said worm wheels and fitting sl'idably in the 50 frame forming part of the rigid tranniev of the machine, guiding means arranged opposite each other in the said housing, a worm wheel mounted in each of the vertical Walls ofthe said frame on a carrier which isslid! able -on the said frame, guiding means .formed onveach of the said vvor'm wheels and adapted to slide inthe respective guiding means in the said housing, Worms mounted i on thc frame and engaging with the said worm wheels, and means for actuating the said worms substantiallyl as set forth.'

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses..

lVitnesses':

CLEMENS Kenn, JACOB W.' Sommer.

lit. is nerehycertined that in Letters' Patenti-No.1,175,959,'granted March 21, 1916, upon: the application of Guido Kolb, of Berlin, Germany,` for an improvement in .Flying-lvlacliines with Gyro'scopic .Steadying' Devices, an error appears in the printed Aspeciiication requiring correction as follows-: Page 2, line 1l7`I claim'l, for the word icarriage road c1'1"I`,e1-; 4 and that the Said Letters Patent should be read 'I with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of lthe case in Y i i I R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Pateme.v

It is hereby certamen that m Letters Patent No. 1,175,959, granted March 21,

1916, upon the application 0f Guido Kolb, of Berlin, Germany, for an improvement m1 error appears in the in "Flying-Machines with G vrosrupic Stmuiyng Dovicesf printed spccil-niun requiring f mrurrtiml ns. folluws: IAngc 2, line 47, duim 1, for

the mm1 Quan-ringe" remi gurl-m; and that the Suid Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office .Signed and sealed this 18th day of April, A. D., 1916.

l [SEAL] R. F. WHTE IEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. Gl. 244-29. 

